of unsound mind
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In court documents obtained by The Times, Westcott, 83, said he “was of unsound mind and not competent to give his free, voluntary, or intelligent consent to the contract.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Williams' former financial advisor, Lori Schiller, had initially deemed the talk show host was "of unsound mind"; Schiller had been fired due to alleged "malfeasance" regardign the accounts.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2022
According to Williams' filings to the court, the bank's move reportedly came after Williams' former financial adviser alleged that Williams "was of unsound mind."
From Fox News ● Feb. 11, 2022
Indicted on a charge of treason during the war, he was eventually declared of unsound mind and spent almost 13 years confined at St. Elizabeths Hospital outside Washington, D.C.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2018
When the trial opened, Judge Pickering did not appear, but representations made by his son showed beyond a doubt that he was and had been for two years of unsound mind.
From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen
